Clothes-drier



(No Model.)

J. P. HILL. CLOTHES DRIER.

Patented Aug.'13, 1895.

M LD l I FE I n vent'o r.

Q/ 49 Attorney.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH P. HILL, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

PATENT OFFICE.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,485, dated August 13, 1895.

Application filedMaichS. 1895. Serial 110.541.028. (NomodeL) To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH P. HILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new United States Letters Patent No. 516,331 of March 13, 1894, to which reference is hereby made.

The object of my present invention is to provide a horizontally-swinging frame made entirely of metal and carrying at its outer end the upright post, also made of metal, upon the upper end of which is supported the clothes reel or drier. I preferably make my clothes-drier frame of iron tubing, and I may use ordinary gas-pipe of the proper size.

My invention consists in certain novel features of construction of a swinging clothesdrier frame, as will be hereinafter fully described, and the nature thereof indicated by the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 shows a detached portion ofthe platform or piazza of a house and my clothes-drier frame attached to one of the posts of the platform and carrying a reel or drier. Fig. 2 is a crosssection taken on line 2 2, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of arrow a, same figure. Fig. 3 is a detail of the lower ends of the bracerods of the horizontal arm; and Fig. 4 shows one of the brace-rods, as 12, detached, with a right-hand screw-thread on one end and a left-hand screw-thread on the other end.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 is the floor of the platform or piazza. 2 and 2' are the supporting-posts, and 3 a railing extending between said posts. To one of the posts, as 2, are secured two metal brackets 1 and 5, one over the other, to which brackets the inner end of my clothes-drier frame is pivotally attached.

My clothes-drier frame consists of the horizontal tubular rod or bar 6, provided at its inner end with the head 6', screwed thereon, which is pivotally attached to the bracket 4 my said patent.

by a pin 7. To the outer end of the horizontal arm 6 is secured by a screw-threaded elbow 8 the upright post 9, on the top of which is supported to rotate thereon the reel or drier 10, which is constructed and combined with the post 9 in the manner fully set out in The horizontal arm 6 is loosely pivoted at its inner end to swing in a horizontal plane and will, therefore, have a tendency, by reason of the weight of the upright post 9 and the reel 10, to sag or drop down at its outer end, so that the inner end will bind at its pivot-joint and prevent said arm from swinging freely.

In order to support the arm 6 in its proper horizontal position and prevent it from sagging at its outer end, I employ two inclined brace-rods 11 and 12, which at their lower ends are screwed into a U-shaped casting or head 13, which is pivotally attached to the bracket 5 by a pin 14. The opposite ends of the rods 11 and 12 are screwed into nipples 15 and 16, formed on the under side of the casting 17', which is adapted to fit upon the under side of the horizontal arm 6 and forms one member of the clip 17, which secures said rods 11 and 12 to said arm 6. The rods 11 and 12 are provided at one end with a right-hand screw-thread and at their other ends with a lefthand screw-thread, so that when they are turned in one direction they will raise the outer end of the horizontal arm 6 and when turned in the other direction they will lower the outer end of said arm. In this way the arm 6 can be properly leveled and kept in its proper position. It will be understood that the joint connection between the inner end of the arm 6 and the bracket 7 allows for a considerable up-anddown play of the outer end of said arm.

As above stated, the lower end of the upright post 9, carrying the reel 10, is secured to the outer end of the arm 6; but in practice the weight of the reel is such, when in use, as to cause the upper end of the upright post 9 to get out of line and out of its proper position relatively to the horizontal arm 6, and in order to prevent this a second pair of inclined rods 18 and 19 are employed to brace and hold the upright post 9 in its proper upright position relatively to the horizontal arm 6. The rods 18 and 19 are secured at their upper ends to an adjustable clip 20, consisting of the two parts 20 and 20", bolted together by bolts 21 (see Fig. 2) to secure said clip at the desired point on the upright post 9.

The part 20' of the clip 20 is preferably provided with nipples 22, into which are screwed the ends of the rods 18 and 19. The lower ends of the rods 18 and 19 are secured to the upper side of the casting 17", forming the other member of the clip 17, and are preferably screwed into nipples 22, formed upon the upper side of said casting 17", as shown in Fig. 2. The two parts 17 and 17" are bolted together by bolts 24 to secure the clip 17 at the desired point on the horizontal arm 6. The two rods 18 and 19 are preferably provided with right-hand screw-threads at one end and left-hand screw-threads at their other ends, so that said rods may be turned in one direction or in the other to move the upper part of the post 9 toward the horizontal arm 6 or away from the horizontal arm 6 to make it extend in an exactly vertical plane and form a right angle with said arm. A rod 25 is attached by an eye 25' at one end thereof to a clip 26, adjustable on the horizontal arm 6 and secured thereon by bolts 27. The opposite end of the rod 25 is made hooked and is adapted to engage an eye-bolt 28, screwed into the top rail 3 of the railing3 to hold the clothes-drier frame in its extended position, i

as shown in Fig. 1, or to engage an eye-bolt 28' to hold it in its swung-in position.

'lheadvantages of my clothes-drier frame will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art.

It will be understood that the details of construction of my swinging clothes-drier frame may be varied if desired-for instance, the inner ends of the lower brace-rods 11 and 12 may be pivotally attached to the post 2 at a point above the horizontal arm 6 instead of below it, if preferred, and act to support said horizontal arm, said rods being located above said arm.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, "is- In a swinging frame for a clothes drier or reel, the combination with ahorizontal swinging arm, and an upright post carrying the reel or drier, and secured at its lower end to the outer end of said arm, of brace rods for raising and lowering the outer end of the horizontal arm, and for adjusting the upper end of the upright post, said brace rods adapted to be lengthened or shortened, by means of right and left hand screw threads on their ends adapted to be screwed into or out of screw threaded nipples, and a rod attached at one end to the horizontal arm, and provided with a hook at its other end adapted to engage an eye bolt, to hold the swinging frame in position, substantially as set forth.

J. P. HILL.

Witnesses:

J OHN O. DEWEY, M. J. GALVIN. 

